By Gokhan Ergocun
ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's benchmark stock index closed Thursday at 1,498.32 points, up 2.13%.
Starting the day at 1,450.54 points, Borsa Istanbul's BIST 100 index earned 31.32 points over the midweek's close of 1,467.00 points.
The price of one ounce of gold was $1,840.95 by market close, down from $1,847.51 at the previous close, according to data from Borsa Istanbul's Precious Metals and Diamond Markets.
The price of Brent crude oil was around $55.60 per barrel as of 6.15 p.m. local time (1515GMT) on Thursday.
| Exchange Rates | Wednesday | Thursday |
| USD/TRY | 7.4110 | 7.3610 |
| EUR/TRY | 8.9610 | 8.9440 |
| GBP/TRY | 10.1350 | 10.0800 |